PARKER v. DAVIS

Record No. 781121.

269 S.E.2d 377 (1980)

Preston Edwin PARKER v. Jessie Eugene DAVIS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh A. West, Suffolk (R. D. Hunter, III, Suffolk, on briefs), for appellant.

J. Samuel Glasscock, Suffolk (Glasscock, Grady & Savage, Suffolk, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ.


POFF, Justice.

We review a judgment setting aside a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, Preston Parker, $45,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision between his Datsun pickup truck and a Cadillac automobile operated by the defendant, Jessie Davis. The defendant concedes primary negligence, and we consider whether the trial court erred in ruling that the appellant-plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

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